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  2. Tooth loss - Wikipedia

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    Tooth loss is a process in which one or more teeth come loose and fall out. Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced by a person's adult teeth. Otherwise, losing teeth is undesirable and is the result of injury or disease, such as dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease.

  3. Deciduous teeth - Wikipedia

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    Various cultures have customs relating to the loss of deciduous teeth. In English-speaking countries, the tooth fairy is a popular childhood fiction that a fairy rewards children when their baby teeth fall out. Children typically place a tooth under their pillow at night or on a bedside table.

  4. Baby Tooth Survey - Wikipedia

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    A set of 85,000 teeth that had been uncovered in storage in 2001 by Washington University were given to the Radiation and Public Health Project.By tracking 3,000 individuals who had participated in the tooth-collection project, the RPHP published results [10] that showed that the 12 children who later died of cancer before the age of 50 had levels of strontium-90 in their stored baby teeth ...

  5. Teething - Wikipedia

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    Teething is the process by which an infant's first teeth (the deciduous teeth, often called "baby teeth" or "milk teeth") appear by emerging through the gums, typically arriving in pairs. The mandibular central incisors are the first primary teeth to erupt, usually between 6 and 10 months of age and usually causes discomfort and pain to the infant.

  6. Dentition - Wikipedia

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    The specialised teeth—incisors, canines, premolars, and molars—are found in the same order in every mammal. [6] In many mammals, the infants have a set of teeth that fall out and are replaced by adult teeth. These are called deciduous teeth, primary teeth, baby teeth or milk teeth.

  7. Dental avulsion - Wikipedia

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    Dental avulsion is the complete displacement of a tooth from its socket in alveolar bone owing to trauma, such as can be caused by a fall, road traffic accident, assault, sports, or occupational injury.

  8. Rotten, cracked, falling out: What are dreams about teeth ...

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    If you dream your teeth fall out all at once: This is a signal to pay attention to what feels catastrophic in your life. Without your teeth, you can’t say what you need to say or nurture yourself.

  9. Hypodontia - Wikipedia

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    Typically, all baby teeth will be present by the age of three. As for all adult teeth, they erupt between the ages 6 to 14, with the exception of the third molar, also known as the wisdom teeth which normally erupt between 17 and 25 years of age. If the tooth has yet to erupt by an appropriate age, panoramic x-rays are taken.